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Change Beijing to archer, need assault troops
Swap Canton to war
Polite Gandhi will trade Writing for contact with French and IW
Polite Joan will give trade Writing for Contact with India and 18g-I close the deal. Joan has iron, but no extra
Can't find Gandhi on map
Commerce Dept - 258g 0pt
Science 90% Lux 0
IBT Beijing Archer=>Archer
1) 1575
Dispatch archer to Seige of NY
Move pioneer party north towards incense hills
Seige train climbs mtn for better view and defensive position
IBT Shanghai war=>Rax
Am scout appears NW of Beijing
2) 1550AD
Pioneer wokers road. Settlers advance-disclose barb camp on incense hill. War covers
Seige: sp fortifies. Vet archer attacks and dies to reg spear in NY
IBT AM archer appears NW of Beijing
3) 1525BC
Canton grows.
Settler founds NAnking on riverbank
Switch pioneer party form road to jungle chop
Fortify war and settler 2
IBT Am war moves through NY from SE
4) 1500BC
Swap Canton from settler to rax
Shift citizens to produce rax in 3
Seige of NY:reg war attacks at NY, dies, but takes 2hp off spear and reveals 2nd sp. vet archer attacks reg sp. kills reg spear -2hp. reveals archer in garrison
Dial up Abe for peace talks and he puts nothing on the table
IBT Beijing archer=>archer
Lincoln aims Archer/war, archer/archer pairs at Shanghai
5) 1475BC
Archer/sp pair retreat from NY to heal and support Shanghai
IBT Am archer attacks sp in forest, archer dies sp promotes
Math complete start 40 turns on Currency
Indian war pilages barb camp N of Nanking
6) 1450BC Jungle chop reveals BG at Nanking start mine, switch citizen to BG, switch rax to worker due in 7
Archer and sp fortify in forest between NY and Shanghai
Vet archer arrrives at SHanghai, attacks Am war remnant of Am battalion, war dies.
Open peace talks again, Abe puts nothing on the table again, forget it!
Gandhi and Joan pay us 64g for Math
Abe has only 1 reg war visible
between Shanghai and Beijing
IBT RAX to war at Shanghai
Rax to war at Canton
Am archers (2) approach sp/archer pair fortified in forest
7) 1425BC
move archer to forest between Shanghai and NY
Workers at Nanking start jungle chop
IBT Am archer kills sp fortified in forest. Secomnd am archer dies to archer no damage, no promote
Beijing archer=>archer
Am vet war moves to gates of Shanghai
8) 1400BC Open peace negotiations. Abe offers peace and Mysticism for peace and 2gpt. No deal as neither Joan nor Gandhi have anything to offer for Myst.
IBT Am vet war sacks Shanghai for 44g and Am archer kills archer in forest, redlines.
9) 1375BC
Archer takes back Shanghai. Archer takes down Am archer in forest.
Lincoln will take peace and 3gpt for peace and mysticism. I take it and trade Myst to Joan for 25G (She must have pillaged a barb camp)
Switch Beijing to Colussus. Canton to worker, Shanghai to worker
Dispatch jungle chopping worker to build road to Abe's wines
IBT Nanking worker=>temple
10) 1350BC
Send worker at Nanking to road then jungle chop N of Nanking
Open embassies with everybody. Sign ROP with Joan. Gandhi wants Myst and 13g for ROP, No deal!
Sign ROP with Abe for 5g
SitRep
Diplomatic: Abe furious, had wine for trade, no tech, ROP with us alone. Gandhi polite, has 0g, has furs to trade, no tech. Joan is gracious, has og ROP with us alone
Defense: 1W, 2A, 1 Sp
Commerce: 264g, 10gpt Science 1 Lux 0. Incense avaiilable in ~35 turns at Nanking, sooner if worker builds colony. extra spice at Canton available for trade, needs road
Sorry about backing down from Abe, but I couldn't put enough force down on the ground quickly enough. Archers against fortified spears in towns is tough and didn't have any iron for swords. Looks like Abe pop rushed his towns to get military so now his cities are down in pop and hurting for at lesat 20 turns, one good thing from this debacle.
Treasury is in good shape; we're at the top of the histo tree and have tech parity, at least, with everyone. Lots of fog still on map, but near as I can tell we have a decent mix of land, big hole is iron and Joan is the only one showing it as available, but she has no extra.
Future directions: Settle in a half moon shape around Abe's northern borders. Will be unproductive jungle at least for medium term but will hem him in a little, what with sweet Joan to his west and south.
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